. The Pacific tourist . The country gradually slopes into thelake toward the west with an occasional drift ofsand near the shore, covered with the inevitablesage brush which we have had since leaving Lara-mie River. The cosy farm houses and the evi-dences of thrift everywhere visible, the growingcrops and ripening fruits, if in the summer—allconsi^ire to make a pleasant landscape, upon whichthe traveler can feast his greedy gaze, while theshadow of the mountains grows longer, and thetwilight deepens into night as we arrive at Salt Lake City,—the southern terminus ofthe road, 36 1-2 miles from
. The Pacific tourist . The country gradually slopes into thelake toward the west with an occasional drift ofsand near the shore, covered with the inevitablesage brush which we have had since leaving Lara-mie River. The cosy farm houses and the evi-dences of thrift everywhere visible, the growingcrops and ripening fruits, if in the summer—allconsi^ire to make a pleasant landscape, upon whichthe traveler can feast his greedy gaze, while theshadow of the mountains grows longer, and thetwilight deepens into night as we arrive at Salt Lake City,—the southern terminus ofthe road, 36 1-2 miles from Ogden. But of thiscity, more in another place. The Utah Central has been a paying roadfrom the start, and its business, as the years passby, is destined to make it better still. We havenot all the data at hand to show what it has done,but will give one or two illustrations. In 1873,its tonnage was as follows. Freights received,233,533,450 lbs. Freights shipped, 55,387,754lbs. In 1874, there was a slight falling off,. 134 Wmm ^^€£F£€ T&wmiBw. though it was not as large as expected from thebusiness done in 1873, because of general depres-sion of the mining interest of the Territory. In1875, its business was as follows: Freights re-ceived, 181,158,526 lbs. Freights shipped51,189, 929 lbs. Its gross earnings for 1875 were!?107,000. Its operating expenses were $162, last sum does not of course include divi-dends on its stock of $1,500,000, nor the intereston its bonds amounting to $1,000,000. The pas-senger fare, first class, from Ogdeu to Salt Lakeis $2. The controlling interest in this road is atpresent owned by stockholders in the UnionPacific, and it is one of the best paying roads inthe country. The above figures prove it. saijT lakje city. Its Discovery.—When Brigham Young,with his weary band of pioneers arrived here, in1817, it was a dreary waste, nevertheless abeautiful site so far as location is concerned, fora city. It lies on a bench or gradual slope f
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